Ultralight pilot killed

Ultralight pilot killed

A 65-YEAR-OLD man died yesterday when the ultralight plane he was piloting nosedived on to his brother's West Tamar vineyard.

Ray Phillips was found dead at the scene when emergency crews attended the York Town crash site just after 10am.

Sergeant Glenn Evans, of Beaconsfield police, said it was believed that Mr Phillips was an experienced recreational pilot and was alone when he took off from an airstrip on his property at Bowen Road, adjacent to his brother's vineyard.

``Police are still investigating the cause of the crash,'' Sergeant Evans said.